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The Single UNIX &reg; Specification, Version 2<br>
Copyright &copy; 1997 The Open Group

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<h4><a name = "tag_002_001_198">&nbsp;</a>NAME</h4><blockquote>
addch, mvaddch, mvwaddch, waddch
- add a single-byte character and rendition to a window and advance the cursor
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_002_001_199">&nbsp;</a>SYNOPSIS</h4><blockquote>
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#include &lt;<a href="curses.h.html">curses.h</a>&gt;

int addch(const chtype <i>ch</i>);

int mvaddch(int <i>y</i>, int <i>x</i>, const chtype <i>ch</i>);

int mvwaddch(WINDOW *<i>win</i>, int <i>y</i>, int <i>x</i>, const chtype <i>ch</i>);

int waddch(WINDOW *<i>win</i>, const chtype <i>ch</i>);
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</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_002_001_200">&nbsp;</a>DESCRIPTION</h4><blockquote>
The
<i>addch()</i>,
<i>mvaddch()</i>,
<i>mvwaddch()</i>
and
<i>waddch()</i>
functions place <i>ch</i> into the current or specified window at the
current or specified position, and then advance the window's cursor position.
These functions perform wrapping.  These functions perform special-character
processing.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_002_001_201">&nbsp;</a>RETURN VALUE</h4><blockquote>
Upon successful completion, these functions return OK.
Otherwise they return ERR.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_002_001_202">&nbsp;</a>ERRORS</h4><blockquote>
No errors are defined.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_002_001_203">&nbsp;</a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4><blockquote>
These functions are only guaranteed to operate reliably on character sets in
which each character fits into a single byte, whose attributes can be
expressed using only constants with the A_ prefix.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_002_001_204">&nbsp;</a>SEE ALSO</h4><blockquote>
<xref href=wrendition><a href="intov.html#tag_001_004_004">
Rendition of Characters Placed into a Window
</a></xref>,
<i><a href="add_wch.html">add_wch()</a></i>,
<i><a href="attroff.html">attroff()</a></i>,
<i><a href="doupdate.html">doupdate()</a></i>,
<i><a href="curses.h.html">&lt;curses.h&gt;</a></i>.
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